I was looking for the flies, grey hearts and good pills.
EDIT:
Well done, GoldandBlue. My hat goes off to you.
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I was looking for the flies, grey hearts and good pills.
EDIT:
Well done, GoldandBlue. My hat goes off to you.
glaringradio
Member
Got 64 hours of fun with 5 bucks. My Indie GOTY.
Congrats. I'm now on 72 hours with 42/51. Definitely indie GOTY. Just so very very good.
Togglesworlh
Banned
I find that to be the easiest stage of the fight. Just keep moving.
Could be that I had Dr. Fetus.
Togglesworlh
Banned
That would hurt, yeah.
Thing is that Dr. Fetus got me there no problem. It was almost too easy.
Lord British
Member
Well - I've made it to
twice now, and died in the first area twice. I'm getting better and better, and so is this game. I'm close to calling it my game of the year, even over Portal 2.
The Womb
Yeah, Dr. Fetus is probably the most useful item I've found so far. Sure, brimstone's nice, but it's balanced out by the time it takes to actually fire it. Dr. Fetus, though, that pretty much turns the game into a cakewalk, as long as you don't do something stupid and blow yourself up.
Togglesworlh
Banned
Across my 100 or so games, I have literally only gotten Dr. Fetus once. ):
Also, Brimstone goes from pretty cool to SHITDAMN AMAZIN' if you also have chocolate milk.
Also, Brimstone goes from pretty cool to SHITDAMN AMAZIN' if you also have chocolate milk.
Across my 100 or so games, I have literally only gotten Dr. Fetus once. ):
Also, Brimstone goes from pretty cool to SHITDAMN AMAZIN' if you also have chocolate milk.
I think I've gotten Dr. Fetus twice. The first time carried me through to my first Sheol victory (also helps that I got the homing bombs and Mr. Mega on the same playthrough).
Haven't managed to get brimstone and chocolate milk together on the same playthrough yet. I'll keep an eye out for them.
glaringradio
Member
I remember hearing about the brimstone chocolate milk combination thinking that it would lead me to victory. Then when I eventually got it I was so completely underwhelmed. I envisioned this endless beam of red spew, but in reality it was just a moderately quick repeating beam. Not all its cracked up to be, certainly not a definite game-winner either.
Togglesworlh
Banned
Maybe they nerfed it when that patch came out with the note "nerfed some combinations" because it was absolutely THE most devastating combo, period, when I got it. It would kill all all basic enemies in one shot, and could be spammed to your heart's content. It was slightly weaker than a fully charged shot, but not enough to make it worth charging. The three times I managed to get it was pretty early in the game, and I tehn proceeded to make it through the entire rest of the game without getting hit, except for one of those three times, I got hit by the devil, because it was my first fight with him where I got to the third stage.
Seriously, that shit was boss. So, if you're saying that, it must be nerfed.
Either that or you're just bad.
Seriously, that shit was boss. So, if you're saying that, it must be nerfed.
Either that or you're just bad.
glaringradio
Member
It is entirely possible that I am just bad. I'm edging on 92 hours played and I still haven't finished Sheol.Either that or you're just bad.
Togglesworlh
Banned
Haha, I'm just messing with you.
GoldandBlue
Member
From Edmund's twitter.
Man, I'm all for this. I've gotten everything in the game and still love playing through it.
Man, I'm all for this. I've gotten everything in the game and still love playing through it.
boutrosinit
Street Fighter IV World Champion
Easily my GOTY. Even with Mac achievements still not working.
Yesterday I blew through the complete playthough through Sheol with Cain, and found a bug(?) that basically enables invincibility.
Cain with:
Relic
Book of Rev
Brimstone
Battery
Spoon Bender
1up
Basically, I had 1 heart and 4 soul hearts; upon getting the brimstone, I didn't die but basically dropped to zero hearts with soul hearts like ????. After dying once in a random room, I revived with the 1up and stopped taking damage (no damage animations whatsoever). Fighting Satan I basically stood in one spot and kept blasting.
Anyone know if this is a known bug?
If you grabbed a damage-dropping item like the odd mushroom, it's entirely possible for you to end up with the brimstone later but with only level one damage, when it should be maxed.
Edit: They did nerf it.
Cain with:
Relic
Book of Rev
Brimstone
Battery
Spoon Bender
1up
Basically, I had 1 heart and 4 soul hearts; upon getting the brimstone, I didn't die but basically dropped to zero hearts with soul hearts like ????. After dying once in a random room, I revived with the 1up and stopped taking damage (no damage animations whatsoever). Fighting Satan I basically stood in one spot and kept blasting.
Anyone know if this is a known bug?
It is entirely possible that I am just bad. I'm edging on 92 hours played and I still haven't finished Sheol.
If you grabbed a damage-dropping item like the odd mushroom, it's entirely possible for you to end up with the brimstone later but with only level one damage, when it should be maxed.
Edit: They did nerf it.
Lord British
Member
Finished
for the first time this morning. Pleased.
The Womb
Togglesworlh
Banned
From Edmund's twitter.
Man, I'm all for this. I've gotten everything in the game and still love playing through it.
I informed Mr. McMillen that I would pay for it, and that I'd also pay for a recode in not-Flash.
I don't really expect the latter to happen, but I can certainly hope! As far as I'm concerned, it is literally the only thing holding the game back.
Lord British
Member
Aaaand beat
again. After one clear it gets a lot easier!
Mom's Heart
Piercedveil
Member
Finally beat Mom last night. I love that this game doesn't get old. When I got to the end
and it was nothing
I shot her a few times and then used XIX The Sun
Night_Trekker
Member
2 times the gameplay... yeah, I'd pay for that.
Togglesworlh
Banned
I'm fine with that. I want more Team Meat games. Super Meat Boy is sublime.
I want to get into it, but try/fail/try is not my scene.
I'm more into try/try/try/try/try/fail
Togglesworlh
Banned
Stop failing!
Also I don't really see how Isaac is any better in that regard. In many ways, it's worse. U:
Also I don't really see how Isaac is any better in that regard. In many ways, it's worse. U:
lol I know, right?
Remember Tony Hawk where you'd attempt line, screw up, do eight things with the menu super fast to quit and start over?
I have a love/hate relationship with that kind of thing.
perfect free
Member
I love how much easier Mom herself seems now that I've run the gauntlet a few times. (Of course, it still sucks if you space out, forget which level you're on, and wander into her room when you're not ready. Not that I would know from experience or anything.)
Lord British
Member
Killed
for the third time, and a
appeared in the room when I killed her! Went into the trap door within, died in the next area. Fuck.
Mom's Heart
Satan room
The slim benefit of getting a drop, usually just a penny, by destroying it. I'm all for being thorough to get as strong as possible, but that just doesn't seem to be worth the time.
That's what I figured. I guess the only other perceivable advantage would be to use it as a blockade. Seems...shitty.
Lord British
Member
You can
Got to
, died.
is brutal.
poop?
Got to
Satan
The Sheol
Joe Molotov
Member
I don't think this is really spoiler, but just to keep with the theme...
Getting
lets you
.
Getting
The Bean
poop
Joe Molotov
Member
Ah yes, you're right.
Lord British
Member
Oh wow, just got
.
Not sure if want
Everything Is Terrible
Not sure if want
So is there any trick to getting the
Speaking of luck, managed to get a
in one playthrough as the last character. All I really needed was
to be completely overpowered.
four horsemen to spawn as bosses? I want the super meat boy achievement but I've never collected more than two cubes of meat. Getting four seems really improbable.
Speaking of luck, managed to get a
Relic, the Book of Revelations, a Wafer and Brimstone along with the usual stat boosting stuff
chocolate milk
Supposedly carrying the
book of revelation will make you encounter all of them. That's how I managed to get all four in a single playthrough.
It does. I think that's the only reasonable way to get the achievement. I got it when I found the Book of Revelation on the first floor and carried it the rest of the game.
Weird, I got that
near the end of the my run but didn't encounter any in boss rooms. Can they spawn in the Womb levels?
It won't cause them to spawn over any set bosses (
Mom, Mom's Heart, Sheol
cooljeanius
Member
I got this game in one of the previous Indie bundles, but haven't posted about it yet. Holy shit this game is fucked up. I'm sorry, I'd love to be able to look past its aesthetics and just enjoy the gameplay, but I can't. I just can't. I'm sorry GAF.
Fucked up as in the game is a sick game, how can anyone enjoy something like that, or fucked up as in the game is a buggy game (in OSX at least) that needs to be patched asap!
You have to use something like Joy2Key or Xpadder. It's written in Flash and can't communicated with controllers.
To expand on what BigAT said:
The horsemen will only spawn 1 per area. So you'll get one in the Basement, one in the Caves, one in the Depths, and one in the Womb